There’s no doubt that Allah really loves me. I always know and believe the fact. He has given me one more chance to breathe, live, laugh and even to spread happiness and love to the persons around me. I have had a near death experience which was very frightening and it happened to me when I was 14 years old.
I remember the date very well. 16th March 2009, the day I was reborn. It was a typical evening. The sky was blue, the air was crisp and the sun was shining gloriously, reflecting off water and streaming through the leaves of trees. My family and I went for a picnic by the river near my grandparents' house. So, we grabbed the chance to swim in the clear cold water. We were having fun together and didn't realize that the beautiful glowing sun was ready to say goodbye to us. So, we decided to stop taking bath and slowly began to walk out of the river, our little small heaven.
I walked with my eight-year-old sister towards the smooth peach color sand. But, as we kept walking, we didn't realize that the danger was ahead of us. In the blink of eye, I realized our feet didn't touch the ground. We were very panicked. I screamed for help but the cold water keep gushing into my mouth. Our head were bobbing up and down and our arms are flailing wildly in the air. The more we spluttered and gasped for air, the more we sank into the murky depths of the water. Our parents and my two other siblings didn't realize the incident. They thought that we were playing in the water.
l was thinking that we could not die together, one of us must survive or else it would be a very tragic experience to our family members especially my parents when they see their two daughters lying down soullessly in front of them. So, I tried my best to save my younger sister. As she was shorter than me, she suffered badly trying to breathe. So, I made an initiative to grab her thighs and lifted her up so that she can breathe. At the same time, I tried to recite Syahadah because I was thinking that it might be the last day for me in this world. But the water kept going into my mouth and I could feel my stomach gradually became full because of the water.
After the long and painful struggle, I could feel that I had no strength anymore left in my body. I was going to lost consciousness. My eyes started to close slowly while my heart was crying badly, imagining that I would leave my family, my life and this world forever on that day. I smiled bitterly while crying silently, trying to persuade myself to accept the fate. Suddenly, I felt someone was pulling my hand to take me out of the water. I breathed heavily and was trying to understand the situation. I could see from afar my parents and my two siblings were running towards me. Then I realized that the one who saved me was my younger sister that was also drowning with me in the water.
I was really speechless and at the same time was really thankful to Allah that I'm still alive. Allah has given some incredible strength to my younger sister to be a hero by pulling me out of the water. During that time, I really felt like I was reborn. One of the lessons that I gain through this experience is that we, as human should always remember that we are not going to live in this world forever and every breath that we take is a step to death. And whorever we are in this world, one thing that we should always bear in mind is that we all will die one day soon, because every soul will taste death (Quran 3:185). So, we should always obey Allah's commands and be an obedient servant to Him, be kind to people especially our parents and everything that we do must be because of Allah.
In conclusion, everything happens for reasons. By this priceless experience, Allah has teached me something really meaningful for me, which is to appreciate my life. Till now, I'm really thankful to Allah and not to forget to my younger sister who has became a hero for me, not just only for the day of the incident but a hero of my life. I promise that I will always try to be a better person from day to day. In a nutshell, my life may not be perfect, but l'm thankful for everything that I have.
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